Hillary Clinton is reaching out to Republican elites—including fellow former secretaries of state Condoleezza Rice and Henry Kissinger—to support her campaign over Donald Trump’s, suggesting a growing alliance between Clinton and neoconservatives, according to Politico.
Clinton’s charm offensive comes amid a growing public rift between the Republican party and its own nominee. The backlash against Trump has seen numerous high-profile Republicans defecting to the Democrats and explicitly denouncing Trump’s suitability for office. At a fundraiser for ‘foreign policy professionals’ in July, prominent neoconservative Robert Kagan told attendees that “a majority of people in my circle will vote for Hillary.”
Much of the Clinton team’s push for support means portraying her as the safe bet for national security against Trump’s loose-cannon ways. Politico reports:
As for why the neocons support Clinton so emphatically, J.P. Sottile writes at Consortium News:
As journalist Rania Khalek recently reported for The Intercept:
If any of the so-called GOP “elders” plan to speak out against Trump, they may be waiting until the November 8 election is nearer, “in hopes of making a bigger impact,” Politico adds. However, “Even if Clinton gains endorsements from the likes of a James Baker or a Henry Kissinger, it may not make much difference in a race where Trump is trying to appeal to a largely white, working class base by casting himself as an outsider who will overthrow the Washington establishment.”
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A Rice endorsement may be even more difficult, Politico writes:
Regardless, the widespread resistance to the Republican nominee has even prompted an 11th-hour bid for the presidency by conservative CIA veteran Evan McMullin, who launched a third-party challenge to Trump on Monday.
McMullin, who also served as chief policy director at the House Republican Conference for two years, “would seem to have little chance of garnering enough attention to truly challenge Trump or Clinton,” The Hill reports. But his candidacy is a sign of growing discontent in GOP circles; MSNBC‘s “Morning Joe” host Joe Scarborough, who first reported the story, said the bid “has more to do with stopping Donald Trump than actually electing a president.”